CVE-2024-43600

Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2024 at 05:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:51 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorOfficeOffice 2016

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

16.0.0 ≤ v < 16.0.5478.10002016
Affected range stops below 16.0.5478.1000, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
16.0.0 ≤ v < 16.0.5478.100016.0.0
Affected range stops below 16.0.5478.1000, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

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